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Facebook page about JWs & UN
by gcs7000 inthis is strange.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/jehovahs-witnesses-the-united-nations/168338773294772?fref=ts.
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Depression & natural ways to deal with it
by love2Bworldly ini was on prozac for about 10 years, and finally went off all meds about 18 months ago.
the prozac was causing me to have manic episodes, so they added a bipolar medicine as well as a sleep aid, and the bipolar medicine made me dizzy & nauseaus.
so now i work really hard at exercising regularly, i take a lot of natural supplements including natural lithium & megadoses of omega upon advice of a homeopathic doctor.
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love2Bworldly,
L-Tryptophan is a natural amino acid that works wonders in combatting depression. Try taking one 500 mg L-Tryptophan capsule on an empty stomach once a day. I, too, took Prozac for several years. L-Tryptophan works much, much better, it's cheaper, and there are no side effects!
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Jws and urban myths!
by Julia Orwell injws sure love urban myths.
the jws have their own collection built up over many years, part of their own unique worldwide jw culture.
i've come across the same ones in america that i've heard in australia, and they pass from legend to myth and finally reality as quoted from the platform.
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In 1974 a JW woman I knew came home after attending a DC in Hawaii telling a tale about a group of JWs who went to see entertainer Trini Lopez in concert. At one point during his performance, Lopez reportedly asked if any JWs who were present to stand and, when they stood, he began singing the American national anthem. Another JW woman I knew burned all of her Trini Lopez records after hearing this story.
In 1980, I began hearing the very same story being circulated among JWs but this time it was concerning John Denver. I was in a car group with a CO (the late Joe Bellezza) who had served in Colorado and who had met John Denver through JWs who were employed by him. When someone in the car related the story about Denver, the CO became enraged and practically yelled, "You have just slandered a good man who admires JWs and prefers to employ them when possible!"
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gcs7000
Please help.
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Important News You Probably Didn't Hear Because of the Boston Bombs
by Hortensia inbrian williams said that if the bombs hadn't happened in boston on that day, the world would be discussing the other news that day:.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781845-bush-era-torture-use-indisputable-guantanamo-must-close-task-force-finds.
this is shocking - if i understand it correctly, president bush knew about, discussed and approved the torture of prisoners at guantanamo and other secret cia prisons.
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Outside the US, both Bush and Cheney can be arrested as war criminals. That is why you rarely, if ever, hear of either of them traveling abroad.
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QFR How should Christians view fortune cookies?
by truthseeker inthis is crazy..... .
questions from readers.
how should christians view fortune cookies?.
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My favorite fortune-cookie fortune read: "Something wonderful is about to happy."
Also, read any fortune and add the phrase "in bed."
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Is It Wrong to Change Your Religion?
by gcs7000 inno one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.
(from the article, is it wrong to change your religion?
july 2009 awake!, page 28) .
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“No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.” (From the article, “Is It Wrong to Change Your Religion?” July 2009 AWAKE!, page 28)
The average Jehovah’s Witness would view this statement as applying to changing one’s religion in order to become a JW, but not the other way around, thus revealing a double standard on the part of the Watch Tower Society. (See Proverbs 20:10 NIV)
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Open Letter to Governing Body (repost)
by gcs7000 inan open letter to the governing body of jehovah's witnesses:.
gentlemen:.
all major world religions are accredited to the united nations as non-governmental organizations.
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An open Letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses:
Gentlemen:
“All major world religions are accredited to the United Nations as non-governmental organizations.” Why did the Watch Tower Society feel compelled to withhold that statement from public scrutiny?
The June 1, 1991, Watchtower, page 17, par. 11, quoted from the book New Genesis by Robert Muller, but it failed to identify the source of the quotation. Muller had written: “All major world religions are accredited to the United Nations as non-governmental organizations. No less than twenty-four Catholic organizations are represented at the UN. Several of the world’s religious leaders have visited the international organization. Most memorable were the visits of His Holiness Pope Paul VI during the General Assembly in 1965 and of Pope John Paul II in 1979. Many religions have special invocations, prayers, hymns and services for the United Nations. The most important examples are those of the Catholic, the Unitarian-Universalist, the Baptist and the Bahai faiths.”
In a study article entitled “Their Refuge—A Lie!” the Watchtower denounced Christendom’s religions which were represented at the United Nations as deserving destruction by God’s executional forces at Armageddon, and used Muller’s quote to support their indignation at such religions. However, when quoting Muller’s statement, the Watchtower curiously omitted the sentence which stated, “All major world religions are accredited to the United Nations as non-governmental organizations.” Could this omission have been made because in that same year, 1991, the Watch Tower Society (WTS) itself became accredited to the United Nations as a non-governmental organization (NGO), and for the following ten years, from 1992 to 2001, served essentially as publicity agents for that international political body? What purpose do non-governmental organizations serve for the UN?
To become accredited to the UN as an NGO, an organization has to demonstrate its ability to publicize to large numbers of people the various activities and accomplishments of the UN. The Watch Tower Society easily demonstrated this capability. Each year, the WTS had to reapply for accreditation, providing examples of how it had publicized UN activities during the previous year. The WTS continued to do so until this curious alliance was exposed by the United Kingdom’s daily newspaper, The Guardian, in October of 2001. Two days after the expose was published, the WTS withdrew its association from the UN.
There is little doubt as to what action would have been taken toward an individual Witness who had done the same thing that the Watch Tower Society had done. The September 15, 1981, Watchtower, page 23, par. 15, had stated: “A person might renounce his place in the Christian congregation by his actions, such as by becoming part of an organization whose objective is contrary to the Bible, and, hence, is under judgment by Jehovah God. So if one who was a Christian chose to join those who are disapproved of God, it would be fitting for the congregation to acknowledge by a brief announcement that he had disassociated himself and is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.” Furthermore, the January 1, 1979, Watchtower, page 31, had stated: “In joining the YMCA as a member a person accepts or endorses the general objectives and principles of the organization. . . Hence, for one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to become a member of such a so-called ‘Christian’ association would amount to apostasy.”
It is clear that the Watch Tower Society is guilty of a double standard in this matter, and God’s Word makes it clear that such double standards are something detestable to Jehovah. (Prov. 20:10) By the Watch Tower Society’s own standard of judging others, it itself stands condemned. Clearly, the Watch Tower Society has lost all credibility as far as being God’s visible organization.
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need help
by Crazyguy infirst post, been lurking for a bit.
i have been seeing problems in the org for a couple of years now and could not come up with any answers.
recently i researched the topics of mediator and new covenant and thats when the sh8t hit the fan.
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gcs7000
Write letters only to the Governing Body. Meeting with local elders is pointless and only serves to empower them. Tell them that you have directed your concerns to the GB, and are waiting for their response before taking any further steps. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. Free advice is worth what you pay for it.
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An Open Letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
by gcs7000 inan open letter to the governing body of jehovah's witnesses:.
gentlemen:.
all major world religions are accredited to the united nations as non-governmental organizations.
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An open Letter to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses:
Gentlemen:
“All major world religions are accredited to the United Nations as non-governmental organizations.” Why did the Watch Tower Society feel compelled to withhold that statement from public scrutiny?
The June 1, 1991, Watchtower, page 17, par. 11, quoted from the book New Genesis by Robert Muller, but it failed to identify the source of the quotation. Muller had written: “All major world religions are accredited to the United Nations as non-governmental organizations. No less than twenty-four Catholic organizations are represented at the UN. Several of the world’s religious leaders have visited the international organization. Most memorable were the visits of His Holiness Pope Paul VI during the General Assembly in 1965 and of Pope John Paul II in 1979. Many religions have special invocations, prayers, hymns and services for the United Nations. The most important examples are those of the Catholic, the Unitarian-Universalist, the Baptist and the Bahai faiths.”
In a study article entitled “Their Refuge—A Lie!” the Watchtower denounced Christendom’s religions which were represented at the United Nations as deserving destruction by God’s executional forces at Armageddon, and used Muller’s quote to support their indignation at such religions. However, when quoting Muller’s statement, the Watchtower curiously omitted the sentence which stated, “All major world religions are accredited to the United Nations as non-governmental organizations.” Could this omission have been made because in that same year, 1991, the Watch Tower Society (WTS) itself became accredited to the United Nations as a non-governmental organization (NGO), and for the following ten years, from 1992 to 2001, served essentially as publicity agents for that international political body? What purpose do non-governmental organizations serve for the UN?
To become accredited to the UN as an NGO, an organization has to demonstrate its ability to publicize to large numbers of people the various activities and accomplishments of the UN. The Watch Tower Society easily demonstrated this capability. Each year, the WTS had to reapply for accreditation, providing examples of how it had publicized UN activities during the previous year. The WTS continued to do so until this curious alliance was exposed by the United Kingdom’s daily newspaper, The Guardian, in October of 2001. Two days after the expose was published, the WTS withdrew its association from the UN.
There is little doubt as to what action would have been taken toward an individual Witness who had done the same thing that the Watch Tower Society had done. The September 15, 1981, Watchtower, page 23, par. 15, had stated: “A person might renounce his place in the Christian congregation by his actions, such as by becoming part of an organization whose objective is contrary to the Bible, and, hence, is under judgment by Jehovah God. So if one who was a Christian chose to join those who are disapproved of God, it would be fitting for the congregation to acknowledge by a brief announcement that he had disassociated himself and is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.” Furthermore, the January 1, 1979, Watchtower, page 31, had stated: “In joining the YMCA as a member a person accepts or endorses the general objectives and principles of the organization. . . Hence, for one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to become a member of such a so-called ‘Christian’ association would amount to apostasy.”
It is clear that the Watch Tower Society is guilty of a double standard in this matter, and God’s Word makes it clear that such double standards are something detestable to Jehovah. (Prov. 20:10) By the Watch Tower Society’s own standard of judging others, it itself stands condemned. Clearly, the Watch Tower Society has lost all credibility as far as being God’s visible organization.